released August 23, 2025

Mas&Delayer is Massimo Solari, born 1984 in Genova. In 1996 he got into what totally changed his life – hip hop music. In 1997 he met Crx of Casino Royale who opened him to London Sound and electronic music. This perfected his approach to music. After years of careful listening, he is composing and producing his own music for passion and… “because I need that…”. Notable releases of his have come out on Deep Lake Records, Type Connection, Ephedrina and Jonic Noise Records.

On Mahorka Mas&Delayer debuted with the beautiful chillout electronic EP “She Cleans My Soul” in 2014. The collaboration with the label continued and he produced two spectacular remixes for a Captive Portal reworks album and contributed solo tracks to the “Music for Elevators” compilation series. 2018 saw the release of his second EP on Mahorka – “Broad Shoulders” and 2022 – the debut on the label of their duo project with Basssound, Bass&Delayer with “The Way Out”. In 2023 Mas&Delayer remixed Virtually J for a reworks release and most recently he collaborated with BedouinDrone and Abu Ama, reworking their ideas for a track on the “Making Things Happen” special Mahorka collaborations compilation released for the occasion of 10th Netlabel Day.

His new EP on Mahorka, “Books and Dubs”, steers quite away from the chill and romantic vibes of his previous solo works on the label and brings in a set of powerful tracks that nod back to all his musical roots and yet have quite the futuristic sound. This release also contains as integral part the aforementioned collaboration track with Abu Ama and BedouinDrone, and the whole EP has been mastered by his collaborator (in Bass&Delayer) Angelino Basssound.

“I created this EP inspired by my favorite writers and books read in the last year, every one has contributed in its own way to creating the atmospheres of the sound.
The trips to the East did the rest …”
–Mas&Delayer

All tracks composed and produced by Mas&Delayer
except Track 6 – w/ Abu Ama, Bedouindrone

Mixed and mastered by Angelino Bassound